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A brief explanation of the GS Ultra Linear circuit (and why it's brilliant)
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<blockquote data-quote="Scubadude" data-source="post: 934955" data-attributes="member: 17459"><p>Interesting read Arie! I heard that amp and I did not find it valve-like ... as you know my perception was that it was thin and bass-shy. I know the Slee is very highly rated ... the late Rodney Gold is on record saying its the best he had heard. So maybe I didn't give it a proper chance. </p><p></p><p>Interestingly, the last two headphone amps I acquired (why does that sound excessive?) do a fine job of simulating valve amp performance. The PS Audio GCHA and Krell KSA-5 (clone ... the original would be truly excessive) are both Class A, solid-state designs with deep power supplies and careful component selection. They also share the clarity, swinging dynamics and sweet mids I associate with the best valve amps. And they have a similar downward tilt. And they both sound phenomenal with LCD2 and HD800 but like crap with Elear ... although I think that reflects the Elear's dislike of high output impedance amps rather than the amps per se.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scubadude, post: 934955, member: 17459"] Interesting read Arie! I heard that amp and I did not find it valve-like ... as you know my perception was that it was thin and bass-shy. I know the Slee is very highly rated ... the late Rodney Gold is on record saying its the best he had heard. So maybe I didn't give it a proper chance. Interestingly, the last two headphone amps I acquired (why does that sound excessive?) do a fine job of simulating valve amp performance. The PS Audio GCHA and Krell KSA-5 (clone ... the original would be truly excessive) are both Class A, solid-state designs with deep power supplies and careful component selection. They also share the clarity, swinging dynamics and sweet mids I associate with the best valve amps. And they have a similar downward tilt. And they both sound phenomenal with LCD2 and HD800 but like crap with Elear ... although I think that reflects the Elear's dislike of high output impedance amps rather than the amps per se. [/QUOTE]
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A brief explanation of the GS Ultra Linear circuit (and why it's brilliant)
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